President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has refuted allegations that he has lost power and influence as a president following the selection of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate for the 2024 election.
Alban Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, recently claimed that the President was seeing a decline in loyalty from important figures within the NPP, such as Members of Parliament, following the vice president’s appointment as the party’s flagbearer.
However, addressing a gathering of tribal leaders and inhabitants of Nima in Accra, Nana Akufo-Addo asserted his continued authority over the nation until January 7, 2025.
“Speaker Bagbin says I am a lame duck. Well, that is his language. I am still the president of the republic and I will continue to do so until January 7, 2025. And I have no doubt that the power to make decisions and to carry out policies is still firmly in my hands, and I am not going to let it go. So I don’t know what he is talking about when he says I am a lame-duck president. I am not a lame-duck president,” President Akufo-Addo insisted.